Cleaning apparatus



March 17, 1931.

F. LISKA CLEANING APPARATUS Filed July 13. 1928 lli! l V111 E, MMM.

Patented Mar. 17, 1931Y UNHTED STATES WILLIAM F. LISKA, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS CLEANING APPARATUS Application led July 13,

This invention pertains to 'the general class of cleaning apparatus and particularly to a device adapted for cleaning, brushing, washing or polishing. rlhe preferred embodiment of a-pplicants invention such as disclosed in this application is particularly adapted for the cleaning of golf balls. However, it is understood that the device is adapted to clean, brush, scrub, wash or polish any other object l0 of suitable shape and particularly one having relatively equal dimensions irrespective of the shape or contour of the surface thereof.

An object of applicants invention is the production of a device of this character that is simple in construction, of a small number of parts, that is easily operated, that may be used to clean, brush, scrub, wash or polish as desired, that may be used with a cleaning, washing, polishing or other liquid 29 or semi-liquid substance, or even a finely divided solid substance that is so constructed that the object operated upon may be dipped into such substance, particularly when same is a liquid, that performs the operation quickly and `without danger of soiling the' clothes, and that is highly satisfactory for its intended purpose. A further object of applicants invention is to provide a novel method of conditioning the surface of an object or 30 objects. Many other objects and advantages of the construction herein shown and described will be obvious to those skilled in the art from the disclosure herein given.

The preferred embodiment of applicants apparatus comprises a receptacle with an' open top. Positioned within said opening is a rotary member having an axis extending transversely of the receptacle. The rotary member is preferably circular and preferably is covered by a housing having an opening at the top. Opposite one face of said rotary member and on an inner wall of said housing are preferably arranged spaced webs which extend downwardly into said receptacle, the 5 spaces between said webs communicating with the opening in the top of said housing. Said webs are spaced on opposite sides of the axis of said rotary member. A third web on the inner Wall of said housin@ divides the space between the first-mentioned spaced 192s. 'serieud No. 292,341.

webs. The center line of said lastanentioned web preferably intersects the axis of said r0- tarymember. Said last-mentioned web also extends downwardly into said receptacle, however, preferably a somewhat lesser distance from the first-mentioned webs and preferably stops short of the extreme lower edge of said rotary member, such that said rotary member will carry the object operated upon below the lower edge of the intermediate web from one of the channels or chutes formed by the webs to the other. Vhen the object to be operated upon is placed in the top of one of the channels or chutes depending upon the direction of rotation of said rotary member, the object is engaged by the bristles on the face of said rotary member or by any other cleaning or polishing agency or other means on the face of said rotary member. The object is carried downwardly in one channel or chute, passed from one chute to the other below the bottom of the intermediate web and is returned upwardly through the other channel or chute, being brushed, scrubbed, polished or otherwise operated upon during this move- 75 ment by the bristles or other agency of the face of said rotary member.

To this end my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combinatio of parts herein shown and described. and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate like or corresponding parts: S5

Fig. l is a top plan View;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. l;

Fig?) is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4l is a section on line 4--4 of Fig. 2.

VReferring to the drawings, in which a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown,xat 1 is a receptacle having an open top. A housing 2 having an opening 3 is attached at l to the upper edge of said receptacle and has a portion 5 extending downwardly into said receptacle. .Mounted upon a shaft 6, extending transversely through said housing 2 is a rotary member 7 The outer end of said shaft 6 is preferably bent or otherwise formed to provide a crank shown at 8. The rotary member 7 includes a. discl 9 attached to the shaft 6. Attached to the face of the disc 9 is a brush 10 having bristles 11. It is understood that any other cleaning, polishing or even abrasive means may be substituted for the brush 10. @n an inner wall of housing 2 and opposite the operating face of brush 10 are webs 12, 13 and 1st. In the embodiment shown, these webs are arranged more or less parallel. The webs 12 and 1st are on opposite sides of the shaft 6 and are spaced therefrom. The web 13 is preferably intersected by the shaft G. The lower edges of both webs 12 and 14 preferably extend below the lower edge of the brush 1() as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The web 13 preferably stops short of the lower edge of the brush 10 as clearly shown in rlhe disc 9 is adjustable laterally of the iousing 2 by means of a screw 15 which is held in place preferably by a lock nut 1G. The end of the screw 155 engages a frusto conical member 17 which engages hub 13 of disc 9. rl`he opening` 3 at the top of housing 2 is preferably bounded by a rectangular or other shaped wall 19. An angular plate 2O is preferably arranged within the opening 3 in order to direct objects toward either of the chutes 21 and 22 formed by the webs 12, 13 and 1st. lt is obvious to persons skilled in the art that grooves or other equivalent means may be substituted for the webs if desfred.

The operation of the device is as follows: Referring to Fig. 3 it will be assumed that the brush l0 is rotating in a countercloclnvise The object to be cleaned shown at "i been started do wardly into a; te be engaged by the brush. brush is rotatc counterciocliwise, 23 downwardly in the position shown the y 3 in dotted lines. r)The object 23 is then transferred over to the bottom of s and carried upwardly back to the j point by the rotating member. The object is thoroughly cleaned, brushed, polisheu or otherwise operated upon depending upon the nature of the member attached to the face et the disc 9 and the liquid, semi.- solid or solid material when used in cooperation therewith. lThe level of the cleaning, polishing, washing` or abrasive material in the receptacle 1 when same is liquid is preferablv kept above the lower edge of the brush 10; thus the object 23 is dipped therein when same is passing from one chute to the other chute. The object 23 rotates and every part thereof is brought into contact with the brush 1() or other means repeatedly. A finely divided substance such as sand may be used in many instances and as desired, depending upon the character of the work. rlhe object to be operated upon need not be round neces sarily but may be of other shape. There may be instances in which the object is of such shape that same will not rotate but will slide in the chutes 21 and 22, in which case the surfaces are operated upon separately. he spacing of the brush 10 is such that the object 23 is partially imbedded in the brush and is thereby prevented from falling into the water after travelling down to the bottom of the brush.

Having thus described my invention, it is obvious that various modifications may be made in the same without departing from the spirit of my invention; hence l do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the exact form, construction, arrangement and combination of parts herein shown and described, or uses mentioned.

wVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In device of the kind described, a receptacle, a housing mounted on the receptacle, a rotary disk shaped member in the housing, a plurality of vertically extending webs on au inner wall of said housing ei;- tending into the receptacle and symmetrically across and with their inner longitudinal edges adjacentthe face of said member, an intermediate web intersecting the axis of said member, and stopping short of the other webs and of the periphery of said member, and means on the face of said rotary member for engaging and cleaning objects between said webs.

2. In a device of the kind described, a receptacle, a housing` mounted upon said receptaele. a rotary member in said housing, a plurality of parallel vertically extending webs on the inner dill of said housing adjacent the face of said rotary member, said webs extending into said receptacle and entirelv across said member, an intermediate web terminating at its inner end at a point opposite the face of said rotary member and stopping short of the other webs and the periphery of said member, and means on the face of said rotary member for engaging and cleaning an object between the webs.V i

.In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name.

WILLIAM F. LlSli-L 

